The California Supreme Court on Thursday upheld an ordinance prohibiting the solicitation of money at Los Angeles International Airport, but dodged the larger question of whether the facility is a public forum for free speech purposes. Governmental agencies around the state were interested in the outcome because the public forum issue — which would establish whether ordinances had to survive intermediate scrutiny or strict scrutiny — could have applied to other airports, as well as train stations and ports.

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